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1 UThixo wembese iNdodakazi yeZiyoni
ngeyezi lolaka lwakhe!
Ubutaklazele phansi ubunkanyankanya buka-Israyeli
busuka ezulwini busiya emhlabeni;
kasinakanga isenabelo sakhe
mhla wentukuthelo yakhe.
2 UThixo kabanga lozwelo lapho eginya
yonke imizi kaJakhobe;
ngolaka lwakhe udilizele phansi
izinqaba zeNdodakazi kaJuda.
Usewuchithile umbuso wakhe,
lababusi bawo wababhuqa phansi, baba lehlazo.
3 Ngolaka lwakhe olwesabekayo,
usegumule zonke impondo zika-Israyeli.
Usegodle isandla sakhe sokunene
lapho kuqhamuka isitha.
Utshise koJakhobe njengelangabi
elihangula konke okuseduze.
4 Usethiye idandili lakhe njengesitha;
isandla sakhe sokunene sesiqaphile.
Njengesitha usebabulele bonke
ababebahle ebusweni;
usethele ulaka lwakhe olungumlilo
phezu kwethente leNdodakazi yeZiyoni.
5 UThixo unjengesitha;
usemginyile u-Israyeli.
Useziginyile zonke izigodlo zakhe,
wabhidliza zonke izinqaba zakhe.
Usekwandisile ukukhala lokulilela
iNdodakazi kaJuda.
6 Usetshaye wakhukhula umuzi wakhe njengensimu;
usebhidlize indawo yakhe yokuhlanganela.
UThixo usenze iZiyoni yakhohlwa
imikhosi yayo emisiweyo lamaSabatha ayo;
olakeni lwakhe olwesabekayo,
ukhukhulele khatshana oyinkosi longumphristi.
7 UThixo uselikhalele i-alithari lakhe,
wafulathela indlu yakhe engcwele.
Usenikele imithangala yezigodlo zakhe
ezandleni zesitha;
seziklabalala endlini kaThixo
sengathi lilanga lomkhosi omisiweyo.
8 UThixo wazimisela ukudilizela phansi
umthangala ohonqolozele iNdodakazi yeZiyoni.
Welula intambo yesilinganiso sakhe,
akaze agodla isandla sakhe esibhidlizayo.
Wenza izinsika lemithangala kwalila;
kanyekanye kwatshabalala.
9 Amasango akhe asegqibelekile;
izinti zawo zephulwe zabhidlizwa.
Inkosi yayo lamakhosana ayo achithizelwe kwabezizwe,
umthetho kawusekho,
labaphrofethi bakhe kabasayamukeli
imibono evela kuThixo.
10 Abadala beNdodakazi yeZiyoni
bahlezi emhlabathini bathule zwi;
bazithele ngothuli emakhanda abo,
bazembathisa amasaka.
Izintombi zeJerusalema
zimbozele amakhanda azo phansi.
11 Amehlo ami ayehluleka ngokukhala,
ngiyatsha ngaphakathi kwami,
inhliziyo yami idabukile,
ngoba abantu bakithi babhujisiwe,
njalo abantwana lensane ziyaqaleka
emigwaqweni yomuzi.
12 Zithi kubonina,
“Singaphi isinkwa lewayini?”
zilokhu ziqaleka njengamadoda alimeleyo
emigwaqweni yomuzi,
ziphela umphefumulo
ezandleni zabonina.
13 Kambe ngingathini kuwe na?
Ngingakulinganisa lani,
wena Ndodakazi yaseJerusalema?
Kambe ngingakufanisa lani
ukuze ngikududuze,
wena Ndodakazi eGcweleyo yaseZiyoni?
Inxeba lakho lizike njengolwandle.
Ngubani ongakwelapha na?
14 Imibono yabaphrofethi bakho
yayikhohlisa ingasizi lutho;
kabasivezanga obala isono sakho
ukuze ungehlelwa yikuthunjwa.
Ukuvumisa abalenzela khona
kwakungamanga, kulikhohlisa.
15 Bonke abedlula eceleni kwakho
batshaya izandla ngawe;
bahleka iNdodakazi yaseJerusalema
baze banikine amakhanda besithi,
“Kambe yiwo yini umuzi lo
owawuthiwa yibuhle obupheleleyo,
igugu lomhlaba wonke jikelele?”
16 Zonke izitha zakho zikukhamisele imilomo;
ziyakuhleka zikugedlela amazinyo
zisithi, “Sesimnqobile.
Selize lafika ilanga esasililindele;
kade salilindela.”
17 UThixo usekwenzile ayekuhlosile;
useligcwalisile ilizwi lakhe,
alikhuluma kudala.
Ukuwisile engakuzweli usizi,
uvumele isitha santela phezu kwakho,
uluphakamisile uphondo lwezitha zakho.
18 Inhliziyo zabantu
ziyakhala eNkosini.
Awu, mthangala weNdodakazi yaseZiyoni,
kazigeleze njengomfula inyembezi zakho,
ebusuku lemini;
ungaziphi ikhefu,
lamehlo akho ungawaphi ukuphumula.
19 Phakama, nqongoloza ebusuku,
lapho kuqalisa imilindo yebusuku;
thulula inhliziyo yakho njengamanzi
phambi kukaThixo.
Phakamisela izandla zakho kuye,
uncengela impilo yabantwabakho,
abaqalekiswa yindlala
ekuqaliseni kwemigwaqo yonke.
20 Ake ukhangele, Thixo, ube lozwelo:
Ngubani osewake wamphatha kanje?
Abesifazane badle inzalo yabo yini,
abantwana ababondlileyo na?
Umphristi lomphrofethi
babulawe endlini engcwele kaThixo na?
21 Abatsha labadala babhazalele ndawonye
ebhuqwini lwemigwaqo;
izinsizwa zami lezintombi
zibulewe ngenkemba.
Ubabulele ngosuku lokuthukuthela kwakho;
awaze waba lesihawu lapho ubabulala.
22 “Njengokunxusela idili,
wanginxusela izitha inxa zonke.
Ngosuku lolaka lukaThixo,
kakho owaphunyukayo loba owasilayo;
bonke engangibanakekela lengabondlayo
babulewe yisitha sami.”